Darwin Day

Posted in Event, lecture, Saskatoon, science on January 20, 2012 by saskskeptic
Put Sunday Feb. 12 on your calendar and come help us celebrate Darwin’s 203th Birthday.
We are still planning the event so some of the details are still being work out.  Currently we have two speakers lined up.  The Saskatchewan Ministry of Education is recognizing Feb. 12 as Darwin Day in Saskatchewan.
This post will be update when more details become available.
Darwin Day
Sunday Feb. 12, 2012
1:00PM to 5:00PM
Schedule
To be determined

Location
U of S Biology Building

For more information email saskatoondd@gmail.com

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Stuff Skeptics Say

Posted in Skeptic on January 26, 2012 by saskskeptic

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CFI Saskatoon Annual General Meeting

Posted in Saskatoon on January 22, 2012 by saskskeptic

CFI Saskatoon is having its Annual General Meeting:

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:30 AM

Venice House
906 Central Avenue
Saskatoon, SK S7N 2G8

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Calgary: Lawrence Krauss Lecture

Posted in Event, Feed Your Brain, lecture, news on January 22, 2012 by saskskeptic

CFI Calgary is hosting a Lecture by physicist Lawrence Krauss.

Starts: Thursday, February 23rd 2012 at 7:30 pm
Ends: Thursday, February 23rd 2012 at 9:30 pm

Theoretical physicist, and author of A Universe from Nothing, Lawrence Krauss is coming to Calgary!

Prof. Lawrence M. Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and author with wide research interests, including the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, where his studies include the early universe, the nature of dark matter, general relativity and neutrino astrophysics. He has investigated questions ranging from the nature of exploding stars to issues of the origin of all mass in the universe.

Join the Centre For Inquiry in Calgary where Prof. Lawrence Krauss will be discussing his new book “A Universe From Nothing”. Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the most basic philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why is there something rather than nothing? And how is it all going to end?

Tickets are $20 for the general public, $10 for “Friends of the Center”, and $15 for students, and can be purchased at the event or throughEvent Brite.

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Sad, Empty Places? Marketing ‘Ghost Towns’ in Saskatchewan

Posted in Media, news, Regina, Saskatoon on January 22, 2012 by saskskeptic

ActiveHistory.ca has an article about hunting Saskatchewan Ghost Towns:

A new and fashionable trend in tourism is invading rural regions of western Canada. SUV crossovers, front windows obscured by maps and cameras, are driving down gravel backroads, sweeping around correction line curves and screeching to a stop when a wide-eyed fox creeps across to its den in the culvert.

Are lazy Sunday drives, once the mainstay of 1950s nuclear families, making a comeback? Are the drivers frantically trying to find the way to an uncle’s farm they haven’t seen since childhood?

No. The latest tourism destination is the proverbial ‘empty’ Saskatchewan landscape itself. Or, more specifically, the landscape of places that used to exist, but are no longer there.

Welcome to the latest tourism craze: hunting for ghost towns.

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Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology

Posted in lecture, science on January 22, 2012 by saskskeptic

TED talk about animating cellular biology.

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Heritage Festival of Saskatoon 2012

Posted in Event, Saskatoon on January 21, 2012 by saskskeptic

The 2012 Heritage Festival of Saskatoon will highlight the sports, recreation, and leisure of Saskatoon and area with the theme Saskatoon PastTimes: See How We Played!  The festival is on Sunday, February 5, 2012, 12 – 5 pm at the Western Development Museum, 2610 Lorne Avenue.

Get transported back to an earlier time!  We invite you to become familiar with our rich heritage through the variety of heritage themed displays & interactive exhibits throughout the museum.  Come at noon and join in the opening parade!  Try your hand at rope making, nib pen & ink, and wheat grinding.  Take a sleigh ride or brush up on your “home skills”.  Don’t forget to stop by the photo booth!  These and other hands-on activities & demonstrations are offered throughout the day.  Entertainment on two stages features performances by fantastic children’s entertainers, dancers, singers, and musicians.   Free Admission to the Museum and Festival.

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Family Literacy Festival

Posted in Event, news, Saskatoon on January 21, 2012 by saskskeptic

Saturday 1:00pm until 4:00pm

Join us for face painting, games, crafts, storytelling and a whole lot of fun as we journey around the world through the day and celebrate family literacy.

Frances Morrison Library / Room 3 (Lower Level)

 

Where
Description

Presented in partnership with the Saskatoon and Region Family Literacy Advisory Group.

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The Children’s Discovery Museum Free on Sunday.

Posted in Event, news, Saskatoon on January 21, 2012 by saskskeptic

The Children’s Discovery Museum will be open to the public for free on Sunday.

The Kinsmen Day at the Museum, provided by the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon, will be held every fourth Sunday of each month in 2012, with admission to the museum free to everyone.

The event strives to ensure that financial barriers do not prevent children and families from taking advantage of the programs and exhibits at the museum, located at Market Mall. The museum will be open from noon to 4 p.m.

Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/travel/Children+museum+offers+free+admission/6017407/story.html#ixzz1k3Icl0Ms

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Possible Northern Lights This Weekend

Posted in news, science on January 20, 2012 by saskskeptic

Space Weather is reporting the possibility of aurora this weekend Jan. 21st at 22:30 UT (+/- 7 hrs).

 

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